Adding a RT-N66U to a home network: Presale questions

[Freitag]

Hi!

I am looking for a better Wireless solution for my home network.
Nowadays I just have a modem from my ISP that serves wireless 802.11g and it is relatively good for browsing.
But now I am installing a small NAS at home and I also feel the need for QOS on the internet connection in order to apply priorities to types of connections.
I am looking at an Asus RT-N66U N900, but I have some questions:

I can't remove the modem from my ISP. So, can I simply connect it to the WAN port of the new router and disable the wireless on the old one?
If I do this, won't the old router still be a bottleneck when I am downloading a torrent (I guess is the large amount of connections that is killing the poor CPU of the router) ?
How would be the best approach to add this router to my network?
I read about someone turning the router to a bridge, but I am not sure I could do that(I think it would be a breach of contract to do it to my ISP's router)

Thanks a lot for the help!

 

[joegreat]

I can't remove the modem from my ISP. So, can I simply connect it to the WAN port of the new router and disable the wireless on the old one?

Hi,

I had the same interim solution with my cable internet provider. But the default router was not working well with another router on top of it. I never found out what the reason was.

As I did not like the default router (with build-in modem) I went back to my provider and asked them for a modem only solution: And you may be surprised, but they have been happy to get back the device, as they had a shortage on their routers!
So they gave me a modem only device and then I could connect my router and run it without problems!

You should also give it a try...

With kind regards
Joe

 

[linkmaster]

Many combo modem/routers include the option somewhere in the firmware to make it run in 'modem only' mode.

If you can access the routers firmware config then this would do what you want , connect the asus router to the WAN port on the modem and it'll work fine...it's exactly what I have done.